What is the Latin word for burly?

The usual Latin words for “burly” are grandis, vāstus, ingēns; also rōbustus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“burly” in Latin

grandisfull-grown, grown up; large, great, grand, lofty, big; powerful vāstusEmpty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.; Desolate, deserted, made lonely.; Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, de ingēnshuge, vast, enormous; immoderate, exorbitant; extraordinary, unnatural rōbustusof oak, oaken; hard, firm, solid, robust

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

burly

magni corporis, grandis, magnitudine insignis, vastus, ingens; robustus.

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What is the Latin word for burly?: The usual Latin words for “burly” are grandis, vāstus, ingēns; also rōbustus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.